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How would you like to see space science and the military collaborat­e in future?

- AVIS LANG is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetariu­m, New York

Ideally, the pursuit of science would be seen as essential to the public good and worthy of non-military public funding. True, on occasion the military has turned to space scientists for help with military problems, help that led to scientific discoverie­s and advances. But broadly useful, unexpected outcomes do not justify embracing the military as a prime channel for science funding. Its agenda is weighted towards lethality.

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